Package.



J. J. FLANIGAN.

PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. I917- Patenwd Nov. 5, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. FLANIGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Packages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in packages, and has referencemore particularly to a special package or receptacle for containing theso-called rolls of multiple copying machines or hectographs, each ofsuch rolls comprising a air of spindles and a gelatin apron or ban thatis wound in the form of a roll on one of said spindles and has its twoends connected to said spindles respectively. These spindles are of thegeneral type and construction illustrated in Fig. 17 of my former PatentNo. 965,887, dated Aug. 2, 1910, except that, as now manufactured by me,they omit the end flanges or heads shown in said patent, but they areformed at their ends with squared portions for engaging a winding chuckand with reduced rounded ortions for engaging journal bearings of t emachine in which they are used.

Owing to the rather fragile and delicate nature of the gelatinduplicating band great care has to be exercised in the packaging andshipping of these rolls to prevent injury thereto; and the main objectof the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivereceptacle in which these rolls may be packaged and shipped or storedwithout liability of mashing, distorting, scratching, tearing orotherwise injuring the band, or breaking or otherwiseinjuring thespindles. Another object of the invention is to provide a package whichshall be of such a construction as to maintain the wound band always intrue unwinding position on the spindle and prevent it from slipping,sliding or skewing lengthwise of the spindle in either direction,

Uther objects and advantages of the inven tion will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art from the following detailed description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification wherein T have illustrated a practical and preferredembodiment of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view,with the cover omitted, of a loaded package embodying my presentimprovements F 1g. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,including the cover; a

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 33 oi Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 and 6 designate the two spindles, which areduplicates of each other, and 7 designates the gelatin printing bandthat, in the packing and shipping condition of the utfit, is wound inthe form of a cylinder or roll on one of the spindles centrally of thelatter, the spindles in this instance having a length considerablyexceeding the width oi the band.

The package or carton, which is preterably made of plain or corrugatedpasteboard or cardboard, comprises a rectangular opentop box-body havingside walls 8, end walls 9 and a bottom wall 10, and a cover 11 formedwith side and end walls 12 and 13 respectively that lit over thecorresponding walls of the body, all as usual in this type of carton,

Positionedin each end of the bon-body is i a hollow rectangular block14:,in this instance shown approximately square, that is open at top andbottom and may conve11- iently be bent to the founsided shape shown froma single strip of suitable material,-- corrugated pasteboard beingpreferably used as best combining lightness and strength. Each of theseblocks is of a height just equaling the inside height of the box, but,as shown in Figsl and 3, is narrower than the box by the diameter of thespindle 5 or 6. Through the inner transverse wall of each block M isformed a substantially central round'hole 15 of a diameter amplysuflicient to accommodate the passage therethrough oi the spindle 5 or 6By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the inner transversewalls of the two blocks 14 are spaced apart such a dis tance as topermit the cylindrical roll of the band to fit nicely between them,while the projecting end portions ot the spindle on which the band iswound lie within the hollow blocks, the spindle itself being of such alength as to fit between the outer transverse walls of the two blocks.The other spindle 6 lies in the bottom of the box along side the roll 7,its two end portions being confined laterally between one side wall 8lltlti of the box-body and the adjacent parallel walls of the blocks14:.

Among the advantages secured by my improved construction may bementioned the following. The roll or cylinder 7 is maintained in perfectform, since the blocks 1.4: obviously prevent its slipping or skewinglengthwise of the spindle even when the carton is stood on end. Thespindles themselves are so supported and confined as to prevent themfrom rattling or shifting either lengthwise or widthwise of the box. Thetwo spindles are always maintained parallel with each other, thuseliminating any tendency totear the band or disconnect it from thespindles. The blocks 14, being the full height of the interior of thebox, act as struts or braces to prevent crushing of the latter whenpiled up on each other, thereby preserving the rolled band 7 from injuryor distortion through lateral pressure thereagainst. And the weight ofthe band and spindle on which it is rolled is borne directly by theblocks 14, thereby avoiding compression and flattening of the roll uponthe bottom of the box.

In a companion application filed concurrently herewith, Serial No.190,290, I have disclosed and claimed a package or carton speciallydesigned to accommodate a larger and heavier roll or rolls employing aduplicating band of a width approximately equal to the length of thespindles. The package shown and claimed herein is designed for theaccommodation of the smaller and lighte'r'rolls that employ a narrowerband of a width considerably less than the length of the spindles.

It is believed that the nature and advantages of my improved packagewill be easily understood from the foregoing without furtherdescription. Without limiting the invention therefore to the exactdetails shown,=

I claim:

1. A package designed to contain a pair of spindles and a duplicatingband wound in the form of a roll on one of said spindles, comprising abox, and a pair of blocks located in the ends of said box respectively,said blocks being narrower than the box by the diameter of one of saidspindles and having holes in their inner opposed faces to receive theend portions of the spindle on which the band is wound, and said inneropposed faces of the blocks being spaced apart a distance substantiallyequal to the width of said band.

2. A package designed to contain a pair of spindles and a duplicatingband wound in the form of a roll on ne of said spindles, comprising abox, and a pair of hollow rectangular blocks located in the ends of saidbox respectively, said blocks being narrower than the box by thediameter of one of said spindles and having holes formed through theirinner opposed walls substantially centrally thereof to accommodate theend portions of the spindle on which the band is wound, and said inneropposed walls being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to thewidth of said band.

3. A package designed to contain a pair of spindles and a duplicatingband wound in the form of a roll on one of said spindles, comprising arectangular box-body, a pair of hollow rectangular blocks of a heightequal to the internal height of said box-body located in the ends of thelatter respectively, said blocks being narrower than the boxbody by thediameter of one of said spindles and having holes formed through theirinner opposed walls substantially centrally thereof to accommodate theend portions of the spindle on which the band is wound, and said inneropposed walls being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to thewidth of said band, and a cover comprising a top wall and side and endwalls overlapping respectively the side and end walls of said box-body.

JOHN J. FLANIGAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

